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Applied Statistics Using SAS and SPSS Topic: Simple linear regression By Prof Kelly Fan, Cal State Univ, East Bay
A company markets and repairs small computers. How fast (Time) an electronic component (Computer Unit) can be repaired is very important to the efficiency of the company. The Variables in this example are: Timeand Units. Example: Computer Repair
Humm… How long will it take me to repair this unit? Goal: to predict the length of repair Time for a given number of computerUnits
Graphical Summary of Two Quantitative Variable Scatterplot of response variable against explanatory variable • What is the overall (average) pattern? • What is the direction of the pattern? • How much do data points vary from the overall (average) pattern? • Any potential outliers?
Time is Linearly related with computer Units. (The length of) Time is Increasingas (the number of) Units increases. Data points are closed to the line. No potential outlier. Summary for Computer Repair Data Some Simple Conclusions Scatterplot (Time vs Units)
Numerical Summary of Two Quantitative Variable • Regression equation • Correlation
Review: Math Equation for a Line • Y: the response variable • X: the explanatory variable Y=b0+b1X Y } b1 1 } b0 X
Regression Equation • The regression line models the relationship between X and Y on average. • The math equation of a regression line is called regression equation.
The Usage of Regression Equation • Predict the value of Y for a given X value Eg. How long will it take to repair 3 computer units?
General Notation • is called “predicted Y,” pronounced as “y hat,” which estimates the average Y value for a specified X value. Eg. • The predicted repair time of a given # of units
The Limitation of the Regression Equation • The regression equation cannot be used to predict Y value for the X values which are (far) beyond the range in which data are observed. Eg. The predicted WT of a given HT: Given HT of 40”, the regression equation will give us WT of -205+5x40 = -5 pounds!!
The Unpredicted Part • The value is the part the regression equation (model) cannot predict, and it is called “residual.”
Correlation between X and Y • X and Y might be related to each other in many ways: linear or curved.
Examples of Different Levels of Correlation r=.71 Median Linearity r=.98 Strong Linearity
Examples of Different Levels of Correlation r=.00 Nearly Curved r=-.09 Nearly Uncorrelated
(Pearson) Correlation Coefficient of X and Y • A measurement of the strength of the “LINEAR” association between X and Y • Sx: the standard deviation of the data values in X, Sy: the standard deviation of the data values in Y; the correlation coefficient of X and Y is:
Correlation Coefficient of X and Y • -1< r < 1 • The magnitude of r measures the strength of the linear association of X and Y • The sign of r indicate the direction of the association: “-” negative association “+” positive association
Goodness of Fit • R^2 is the proportion of Y variance explained/accounted by the model we use to fit the data • When there is only one X (simple linear regression) R^2 = r^2.
SPSS Output Analyze >> Regression >> Linear
Check for Equal Variances >> plots >> zresid & zpred
The Influence of Outliers • The slope becomes smaller (toward outliers) • The r value becomes smaller (less linear)
The Influence of Outliers • The slope becomes clear (toward outliers) • The | r | value becomes larger (more linear: 0.1590.935)
Identify Outliers using Residual Plots • Use “standardized” residuals!! • The cases with standardized residuals of size 3 or more outliers